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Remember Them: The Incalculable Legacy of Juan Atkins
Alex Maiolo salutes a visionary musician – "The Originator" of techno – who died on Saturday night Juan Atkins was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1962. His parents split when he was a teen. The plan was for him and his father to move to California, but his grandparents made the case for them to take…
A Form of Utopianism: Cluster’s Sowiesoso at 50
From avant garde beginnings to ambient endings, Cluster reconfigured rock music as much as Kraftwerk, says Toby Manning. In the late 70s and early 80s, British music took a distinctly European turn, from Bowie’s “Heroes” in 1977 to Ultravox’s ‘Vienna’ in 1981, peaking with Kraftwerk’s ‘The Model’…
How Pete Doherty’s Mega-Breakfast Predicted GB News Radio
Pete Paphides reaches for the Gaviscon as he considers national identity, large plates of fried food, and what would be on the playlist were he celebrating British culture on the airwaves Pete Doherty eating his breakfast at the Dalby Cafe, via Instagram It’s been ten years since, over a Muswell…
Subscriber Exclusive Playlist & Perks Round-up: October 2026
Here's everything our Subscribers had last month, including over four hours of listening treasure in the multi-platform playlist It’s that time of the month when we take the heavy lifting from our Subscribers' ears and keep them on top of all that is new and good in tQ’s world. Before we give the…
The Last Path – Blunt Synopsis
The Last Path Blunt Synopsis Formerly known as Bad Amputee, trio from the north-east of England take things slow. Real slow Blunt Synopsis by The Last Path When the sort of music The Last Path play really lands, the secret to it doing so is in how it just teeters on the absolute precipice of…
Sacrificial Riffology: Reconsidering Altar by Boris & Sunn O)))
Where do you go, what do you do, after you have created a riff for the ages? For Keith Kahn-Harris, that's the question that Boris & Sunn O)))'s Altar seems to ask By any objective standard, the riff that dominates 'Etna', the opener to the Boris / Sunn O))) collaboration Altar, should be as…
Enemies Within: Derek Jarman’s Kicking the Pricks and The Last of England
Repressed for the first time in nearly thirty years, Derek Jarman's book Kicking the Pricks, including the director's notes and diaries from the making of his seminal film The Last of England, offers a portal into a rotting UK that feels all too familiar The Last of England (Derek Jarman, 1987)…
Gutted, Hashed and Deboned: Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious By Carcass At 35
Keith Kahn-Harris looks back at a landmark release full of surprises and possibilities To push back a genre label is, all too often, a reliably generic move by artists desperately seeking to differentiate themselves from other artists who sound much the same. Occasionally though, pushing back…
Music of the Month: The Best Albums and Tracks of October 2026
As we hurtle through the final months of 2026, tQ's staffers select another round-up of everything we've loved over the last few weeks We are only a few weeks away from end-of-year chartmageddon, the point at which we will be forced, whether we like it or not, to put on the record what defined our…
Andy Stott – Late Loop
Andy Stott Late Loop The British electronic music producer proves himself, once again, a consummate perfectionist – but it's the subtle imperfections that make his music really sing It didn’t take Andy Stott long to find himself drawn towards the frayed edges, to wear and imperfections. Less…
Audiovisual Phantasmagoria: Highlights from Semibreve 2026
Pedro João Santos reports from the latest edition of Portugal’s premiere festival for experimental music, where stellar sets from Noémi Büchi, Tygapaw, Marta Salogni and more lead the way Malcolm Pardon and Gustaf Broms, photo by Adriano Ferreira Borges / Semibreve A startled Jocy de Oliveira looks…
America’s Most Offensive? Ice Cube’s Death Certificate Revisited
Angus Batey looks back 35 years at the 360-degree attack of one of the most creatively independent yet offensive hip hop albums ever made Classic albums are supposed to be celebrated, but Death Certificate doesn't permit unqualified responses. It's a record made by a young man as talented at…
Put Your Hands In The Air: English Dancing Master by Leo Chadburn & Phaedra Ensemble
Leo Chadburn's latest work expands outwards from a seventeenth-century manual of folk dances to a kinetic exploration of human movement, from St Vitus' chorea to raving at Castlemorton Common English Dancing Master is a dance album, but not in the sense you would usually associate with the term…
Maria W Horn – Melting Pillars of Snow
Maria W Horn Melting Pillars of Snow Melting Pillar of Snow is a dense exploration of time and decay that feels more like a static monument than a living listening experience Melting Pillars of Snow by Maria W Horn On Melting Pillars of Snow, Swedish composer Maria W Horn attempts to map the…
Coming Up for Air: Andy Stott’s Favourite Albums
From 80s synthpop and 90s trip hop through to mischievous, glitched-out electronics, Andy Stott talks through 13 records that hold significance to him ahead of the release of his new album, Late Loop Across a career that now spans more than two decades, Andy Stott’s name has become synonymous with…
Dis Fig – What To Make Of These Mortal Hands
Dis Fig What To Make Of These Mortal Hands Her debut was called PURGE and it was about her. This one is about what people do to each other, and it is named after the part of the body that does it What To Make Of These Mortal Hands by Dis Fig The title tells you where to look. Hands make things and…
Prepared for the Future: the Slow Reveal of Aphex Twin’s Drukqs
Drukqs has long been one of John Doran's favourite LPs; with a reissue looming, he attempts to articulate why he loves this critically derided album so much Drukqs by Aphex Twin Rereading the contemporary reviews of Drukqs 25 years later is like rubbernecking the aftermath of a motorway crash. Just…
Nik Colk Void and More to Play Soho Electronic 2026
The festival of leftfield electronic music returns to Central London next month for its second edition Soho Electronic, the Central London festival championing leftfield electronic music, will return for its second edition next month. More than 30 artists are scheduled to play across four stages on…
Factory Floor Detail First Album in 10 Years, ‘One Trip’
They've also shared two tracks from the LP Photo by Harry Ward Factory Floor have shared details of their first studio album in 10 years, titled One Trip. Spanning 10 tracks, it marks the first full-length release from the current formation of Gabe Gurnsey, Nik Colk Void and new member Joe Ward…
Throwing Muses’ Debut Album Set for 40th Anniversary Reissue
The album has been out-of-print for some time Photo by Andrew Catlin Throwing Muses' self-titled debut album is being reissued to mark its 40th anniversary. The album has been out-of-print for some time, in addition to not being available on streaming services. It marked the first release from the…
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